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| Brin ton. 



A Vocabulary of the Nanlicoke Dialed. 


By Daniel G. Brinton 1 M. D. 
ft 

(Read before the American Philosophical Society , Nov. 5, 189S.) 

Among the valuable MSS. in the library of the American 
Philosophical Society is one, now a little over one hundred 
years old, which contains the only known vocabulary of any 
length of the Nanticoke dialect or language, once spoken in 
Maryland, on what is called the “ Eastern shore,” the region be¬ 
tween Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic. Several requests have 
reached me from time to time to prepare this vocabulary for 
publication, and it seems to be a duty which the Society owes 
the republic of letters to make it available for purposes of study 
and comparison. 

The vocabulary was collected at the request of a former Presi¬ 
dent of this Society and of our country, Mr. Thomas Jefferson, 
by Mr. William Vans Murray, from an old woman called Mrs. 

REPRINTED DEC. 11, 1893, FROM PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC., VOL. XXXI. 




Brinton.] 


326 


[Nov. 3 


Mulberry, said to be the widow of the last chief of the Nanti- 
cokes. She at that time resided at Locust Neck town, Goose 
creek, Clioctank river, Dorchester county, Maryland. The cir¬ 
cumstances connected with obtaining the vocabulary are re¬ 
counted in a letter from Mr. Murray to Mr. Jefferson, which is 
as follows: 

Letter from Mr. Murray to Mr. Jefeerson. 

Dear Sir : —The enclosed little attempt to make a vocabulary of the lan¬ 
guage of the Nanticokes, may remind you of a circumstance, and promise 
of mine, which probably have escaped your memory. You gave me the 
printed list of words last spring. On the reverse of the printed side which 
is filled up, is added a number of words which occurred to me. The tribe 
has dwindled almost into extinction. It is still, however, possessed of five 
thousand acres of land which were reserved to them by the Assembly of 
Maryland in the first settlement of the Province. The little town where 
they live consists but of four genuine old wigwams, thatched over with 
the bark of the Cedar—very old—and two framed houses—in one of which 
lives the queen, Mrs. Mulberry, relict of the Colonel who was the last 
Chief. They are not more than nine in number : The others of the tribe, 
which in this century was at least Five hundred in number, having died 
or removed towards the Frontiers, generally to the Six nations—perhaps 
by a comparison of the languages of them and of those a correspondence 
may be discovered. They went to the Senecas often—you will find they 
have no word for the personals he and she. They were much at a loss for 
all terms to express abstract ideas. It is a little surprising they had a word 
for Truth. They speak their language exclusively among themselves. A 
few years must totally extinguish the remains of this Tribe and it will be 
owing to you, Sir, if a trace is left of their language. 

I have preferred the very list which I filled in a Wigwam to any neater 
copy—and therefore have chosen that to transmit to you. 

I have the honour to be 

Dear Sir with great 
respect and attachment 

yr. mo. obt., 

W. Y. Murray. 

Cambridge Dorset, E. S. Maryland, 

18 September, 1792. 

The Honble Mr. Jefferson. 

Mr. Albert Gallatin has made use of this vocabulary in his 
Synopsis of the Indian Tribes of the United States , and from 
time to time others have borrowed from it; but no effort has 
been made to publish it in full. 



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327 


[Brinton. 


The Nanticokes are first mentioned by Captain John Smith, 
who encountered them in 1608. Their subsequent history does 
not offer much of interest. I have traced it in sufficient detail 
in my publication, The l<enape and their' Legends , pp. 22-25 
(Philadelphia, 1885). 

A note to the A^ocabulary states that their last “ King,” “ the 
famous Wyniaco,” died about seventy-five or eighty years before 
(about 1712-15), and that “his body was preserved and very 
formally kept in a Awacason-house (Chio-ca-son house), seventy 
years dead,” which means, I presume, for seventy years after 
his death. The preservation of the bones of their dead was a 
characteristic trait in the religion of the Nanticokes. 

In publishing the vocabulary, I have thought it of interest to 
add comparative words from other dialects of the Algonkin 
stock, to illustrate how thoroughly the Nanticoke belonged to 
it. With a few exceptions, every word collected by Mr. Murray 
is seen to be a slightly varied form of some expression in Lenape 
or other adjacent dialect. The exceptions would probably fall 
into the same category were the analysis prosecuted further. 

I have also thought it desirable to arrange the words in alpha¬ 
betical order, for convenience of reference. 

The exclamation point, !, so frequently introduced b}' Mr. 
Murray, he explains to signify a peculiar, forcible, explosive 
enunciation of the syllable. 

At the close of the vocabulary, the writer adds the following 
proper names : 

We ning go mi usk , the personal name of Mrs. Mulberry, 
“ Mulberry woman ” (see below, Mulberry tree). 

Ama namp quun , the name of the Indian town of Locust neck. 

Matt appenen , the name of the Nanticoke Indian town. 


Vocabulary of the Nanticoke Dialect. 


Abbreviations. —Len., Lenape ; N. J., New Jersey Delawares ; N. Eng., 
New England Indians ; Chip., Chipeway; Pot., Potomacs ; H., Hecke- 
welder’s Nanticoke Vocab.; Sh., Shawnee. 

Air, ayetcash; comp, wind, ewesh; Ash, paw-kawque; Sh . mea-lawkuo. 


Len. geschen. 

Arm, nickpitq; Len. w’nachk. 
Arrows, allontz; Len. alluns. 


Autumn, wee-saw-panu (= wees- 
wapanu, little or short light). 


Arrowhead, ik-ke-hek (see 
“Spear”). 


Axe, tummehek; Pot. tomahack; 
N. J. tomahickan. 


Brinton.] 


328 


[Nov. 3, 


Back, daduck-quack ; N. J. huckun. 

Back-creek, pomamato. 

Back-woods, ahpayw-wagh. 

Bad, mattitt; Len. medhik. 

Banks, lemoack-coi-um. 

Basket, munnole ; 1ST. Eng. munnote. 

Bear, winquipim. 

Beard, nee-weeghtoniwaah; Len. 
ni-toney, my beard; N. J. ni- 
tuuna. 

Beaver, nataque ; N. J. nakuee, or 
tomoque. 

Beech, pahl-scanemintz; Len. 
scliauweminshi, red beech-tree. 

Bees, aamook; Len. amoe. 

Belly, nut-ah ! Len. naclitey (my). 

Belt, uckq-sliit lawk ; Len. ochquasu 
(belt of wampum). 

To bend, ne wawk-kaw-quin-nimon ; 
Chip, nin wakinan. 

Berry, mee-eents; Len. mintschi. 

Bed, dapp-in. 

Bird, piss-seeques ; Chip, binessi. 

Bitter, wee-suck un. 

Black, oaskag-u ; uschkeju H ; Len. 
sucken. 

Blackberry, munck-qui-suck ; Len. 
min, berry ; sucken, black. 

Blackbird, husquinock. 

Blood, puck-cuchque; N. J. mo- 
hoock. 

Blue, puh-squai-loau; Cree sipik- 
kwaw ; N. Eng. peshaui. 

Body, no-waw-auh; N. J. uatu- 
liaape. 

Bone, whis-scan; Len. wochgan; 
N. J. okuaan. 

Bone-house, man-to-kump (house to 
put the bones of the dead into). 
Probably “sacred place,” from 
Len. manito , god, sacred. 

A bow, kullahlow. 

Boy, wahocki-a-wauntit; N. J. 
penaetit. 

Brave, matt-whee-saw-so (= not 
cowardly) 


Bread, applow; Len. n y dapponhe, 
I make bread ; N. J. apoon. 

To break, ne poick-shilt-own ; Len. 
poquihillen, it is broken ; N. Eng. 
pokeshattouwin. 

Broad, manckapah-sai u; Len. 
amangi, large. 

Brother, ne ee-mat; Len. ni'mat, 
my brother. 

Bubby, noo-naque, i.e., the mamma ; 
Len. nunagan{ my.) 

Buck, i-e-ape; Len. ajapen. 

Butterfly, aumaun-co hunt; N. J. 
amookas. 

Cedar, weensquaaquah. 

Channel, an-da-timp. 

Chesnut-tree, eh ! qua-mintz. 

Chin, unt-tampquet; Chip, o'dami - 
lean (his). 

Child, awauntet; Len. w'unit{ his). 

Cloud, matchkatquot; ichemackqli 
H.; Len. machtaquoll; N. J. 
kumhaak. 

Cold, taglilquiow; Len. t'heu; 
N. J. taa. 

Cowardly, wee-saw.so ok (see 
“Brave”). 

Crab, tahlquah; Len. schaha- 
muis. 

Crane, ahlsecque. 

Creek, pamptuckquaskque (see 
“ River ”). 

Crow, kuhl-hos ; Len. alias. 

Cry, to, num-moam ; Len. ganschal- 
amuim. 

Dance, to, zdocumb. 

Day,* a, nucotucquon ; kisucku H.; 
Len. gischgu. 

Day-break, wawpaney; keesequo, 
H.; Len. gisch-apan. 

Darkness, samp-oo-somow (radical, 
pos; — Len. pis-geu, it is dark). 

Daughter, hun tawn; Len. w'tan 
(his) ; N. J. daan-us. 


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[Brinton. 


Dead, place for the, mutz-uck- 
zumpq (the place where the dead 
are deposited). 

Death, ungue-lack; H. eweesha- 
waak angel; Len. ehangelukgik, 
they are dead ; N. J. nongiil. 

Deep, timmoh ; Chip. dimi. 

Deer, attque, youcat (four legs) ; 

Len. achtu ; N. J. aatu. 

Devil, matt-ann-tote; Len. mach- 
tando. 

Dew, quesuppost ; N. J. sussuuskui. 
Distance, wahlsoio et. 

Doe, noose-at-q ; Len. nunsch-etto. 
Dog, al!um, LI.; Len. allum. 
Dogwood, ahUaawhunni mints ; 

Len. hattawano-mimehi. 

Dove, weetah-tomps ; Sh. po-weatha. 
Drink, to, minnih ; Len. mene. 

Dry, kow-kitt-ow-a. 

Duck, quahlquamps (imitative?) ; 
J. qaing-quinq. 

Eagle, ah!cnhap-pawn top. 

Ear, nuch-tow-buck (my) ; Len. 

w'ittuwak (his); N. J. nituuk. 
Earth, ahkee; Len. hacki; N. J. 
haakke. 

Eat, to, meetsee; Len. mizu, he 
eats ; N. J. miitshe. 

Eel, pall!in. 

Egg, waawhq (with a whiff) ; Len. 
wahhwall , pi. 

Evening, weaku ; Len. wnlaku. 

Eye, nucks-skencequah (my) ; Len. 

lo’uschginquall, his eyes ; N. J. 

• uiiskingul. 

Face, assung-gui; Len. w'uschgink ,. 
his face (comp. “ Eye ”) ; N. J. 
uiisldng. 

Fall, to, ah-kinnitsish ; Len. mes - 
chiechin. 

Falsehood, e-kitt-co. 

Far, wachschuit; Chip, wassa. 

Fat, pim ; Len. pomi. 


Father, nowoze (my) ; Len. n'och ; 
N. J. nukuaa. 

Fear, qnischa.-asch, H.; Len. wis - 
chasi. 

Finger, na-mishah!qu-ulgamz. 

Fire, tunt; Len. tindey ; N. J. 
taande. 

Fish, wammass; Len. namees. 

Fly, a, pootzah ; Len. utsche ; N. J. 
sa-kiime. 

Fog, hoioewen; auwan, H.; Len. 
awan ; N. J. auan. 

Food, mettsah (comp. “Eat, to”)* 

Foolish, cuip sliee-in quo ; Len. 
gubtocha; N. J. kipitsheoote. 

Foot, nist (my) ; Len. uchsit. 

Fox, waaks ; Len. icoacus. 

Frog, clacqu-iss ; Cree ayekis. 

Frost, togh!poh! Len. topan ; N. J. 
tuupan ; N. Eng. taquattin. 

Girl, pukquali; Len. ochquetsch. 

God, mannl-itt; Len. manitto. 

Good, wee-ee; watti-eu; Len. 
wulit. 

Grass, mass-que-quise; Len. mas- 
gik; 1ST. J. muskiikul. 

Grave, wawskowko; Len. pokawen, 
a hole. 

Green, a7i!skaah-tuck-qui-a; Len. 
asken. 

Gum, pook-sacq-in-ment. 

Guts, walah-kiss-sisk. 

Hail, ah!sinlipwo (assm, stone) ; 
N. J. sidoniila. 

Hair, nee-eesquat; Cree w'esta- 
kaya. 

Hand, nut-untz ; N. J. nacking. 

Hard, mais-kaiu; Chip, mashka- 
icissin, it is hard. 

Hare, a, timiJiawque. 

Hate, to, ne man-nin-now. 

Hawk, maldsquallen. 

Head, neelaliammon; Len. lo'il, his 
head ; J. wheel. 


Brinton.] 


330 


[Nov. 3, 


Hear, to, no-oan-tum; N. J. ni-in- 
dam. 

Heart, toealscheu, H. (his) ; Len. 
w'dee. 

Heat, nip(ow)kiss, from Alg. nibin, 
summer. 

Hickory-tree, psee-cun. 

High, wha-sa-neep-ai-u; schpum- 
mend, H. ;Chip. ischpamagad, it is 
high. 

Hill, lemuckquickse ; Len. welemuck- 
queck. 

Hot, app et-taaw ! Cree abweyaw. 

House, youck-huck ; ialiach, H.; 
Len. wik; Pot. ye hawkins . 

Husband, nups-soh! soli! (my). 

I, nee; Len. ni. 

Ice, hahHaggu-quutz; Len. m’hoc- 
quami; N. J. hukkooen. 

Joy, ne moo ye-ow-wass. 

Jump, to, ni-s poicksh, I jump; 
Len. ni-poaktsch. 

Kill, to, nepoickt-tow; Alg. root, 
nipa. 

King, talV.dk; N. J. qualis, mas¬ 
ter, from Len. allokakasin, to 
have power over another, from 
allowat, strong. 

Large, mang-ai-u ; Len. amangi. 

Laugh, to, wei-aih-e mitt-a-ha; Len. 
wehemoaluk, he laughs. 

Lean, moosow-wak ; Chip, asowa. 

Leg, much-cat; Len. w'ickaat (his). 

Lie down, to, cow-si-nee. 

Life, ne quee-quaaawk; Pot. ke- 
kugh. 

Light, icassaquitayw; Len. wache- 
jeu. 

Lightning, ton-que-ah. 

Lip, nussihecque. 

Lizzard, oh!-kaush-kiss; Len. ge- 
gdchxus. 

Locust-tree, kla-one-nahq. 


Long, quahUnah!!! qut; Len. guna, 
quoanageu. 

Love, to, nlwummoi; quammosch, 
H.; N. Eng. cowammaunsch, I 
love you. 

Low, tah!quah!quah!-su ; Len. 

tachpachsu. 

Maize, cawl-na-woop. 

Man, wohacki; naap, H ; Len. 
lenndpe. 

Maple-tree, waw-see-ke-me; Len. 
scliiechikiminshi. 

Marsh, nahJsquuh! Len. masge- 
ku-wiwi. 

Mocking-bird, ahmittonqha. 

Mat, a, yawskg. 

Meat, pumantah (hog’s meat). 

Milk, noo-oo-nack. 

Mole, alvmob-schkim-nitz. 

Month, a, nuquoluc quaquoa. 

Moon, atupquonihanque ; Len. tpo- 
cuniwi gischuch (night sun). 

Morning, weschpa H.; from Len. 
gischgu, day. 

Mother, nicque ; Chip, ninge ; N. J. 
onna. 

Mountain, pomat-tinike; pemet- 
tenaichk , H.; from Alg. root 
amat, to mount up. 

Mouth, huntowey; mettoon, H.; 
Len. w'toon (his). 

Mud, piss-sucqua ; Len. assiscu. 

Mulberry-tree, whie - in - guaque ; 
Len. mint quaqui. 

Muskrat, weak-keh ! Chip, wachashk. 

Nails (finger), nuck-can sump ; Len. 
nichgasch. 

Narrow, tsipais-u. 

Near, pechtschtschu, H.; Len. pech- 
hutschi. 

Neck, nissi-kip-puchqh! N. Eng. 
sitcliipuck. 

New, whuis-kai-u; N. J. uiisksu 
(young). 


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331 


[Brinton. 


Night, toopquow ; tuppucku ; Len. 
tpoku; N. J. tipaake. 

No, mattah ! Len. matta. 

Nose, nick-kee-u (nay) ; Len. 
w’ickiwon (his) ; N J. uikiiko. 

Oak, wee-seek-e-mintz ; Len. wisach- 
gak. 

Old, kutt-a-nai-u; Cree ketteya- 
tisu, he is old. 

Opossum, nahlsimini. 

Owl, gudo-waant; Chip. koko. 

Oysters, kaw-sheh! 

Oyster-shells, tsee-ko-mack. 

Partridge, kittycawndipqua. 

Peas, pee wah!sh-quist. 

Peace, e-ioee-ne-tu; Chip, inawen- 
diwin ; N. Eng. aquene. 

Pheasant, uhlquas capitz. 

Perch, kosh-kike nesuc. 

Persimmon-tree, law wacq — see 
mints. 

Pigeon, not siminisuk. 

Pine-tree, quaat; Len. cuwe. 

Point of land, alla-maa-wampk. 

Pole-cat, tzuckquaakq; N. J. 
skuaak. 

Pond, nippiss {nip, water). 

Poplar-tree, wee-saa-quack. 

Pretty, wee-e-eat. 

Queen, tallalkesk (see “King”). 

Raccoon, anasup; Len. espanni; 
N. J. nahanuun. 

Rain, winieow; sokelan, H.; Len. 
sokelangetsch, when it rains ; 
N. J. suuklan. 

Rainbow, quenuck-quenuck; N. J. 
monukooen. 

Rattlesnake, eelilseekq; Chip. 
jishigwe; N. Eng. sesek. 

Raven, uckquak. 

Red, psquai-u; N. Eng. msqui. 

Red-bird, pishquiss eeps. 


Religion, Lapp!-poi-o-wees ; proba¬ 
bly “a coming together,” from 
Len. lappi-lenin. 

River, pamptuckquah'; peemtuck, 
H.; Len. kikhit-tuck ; Chip, pirn, 
to flow. 

Rock, koshcup; Chip, kischcab, a 
perpendicular rock. 

Run, to, un-to mho waish. 

Salt, tzee-e-oose ; Len. sikey. 

Sand, lohl-ki; Len. lekau. 

Sea, mank-nippint; kittahend, H,; 
N. J. kihittuun. 

See, to, naa-m-m; Len. nemen, 
N. J. ni-naaman. 

Shark, witt-ameek; Len. ameek. 
fish. 

Shallow, tacq-e-timps oh. 

Shame, katt-ak-katts. 

Shoes, meckhisins ; Pot. mockasins ; 

C. maskisins. 

Shore, saumps-a-mu. 

Sick, huntoi-miss; Chip, nin nani- 
pinio, I am sick. 

Side, pomeetempquat. 

Sing, to, nuck-und-oh; Len. nachgo- 
homun. 

Sister, older, nimpz ; Chip, nimisse. 
Sister, younger, neighsum ; Chip. 
nishime. 

Sit, to, qui-ah-quup. 

Skin, nowas-sium. 

Sky, moosecaquit; Len. moschhac ; 
N. J. musheek. 

Sleep, to, n-upp; Chip. nipa. 

Small, lamaisu ; namahchtschu, H.; 

Chip, maskig. 

Smell, to, ne quees-sum-un. 

Smoke, niponguot-tai (I smoke) ; 

Chip, nin pashkinawe. 

Smoke, to smoke a pipe, p-simoi. 
Snake, ash-quoke; Len. achgook. 
Snakeroot, pah!scho-hook-quick; 
Len. bllu-hbtik. 

Snakebite, ah!sckok-kas-sipekoke. 


Brinton.] 


332 


[Nov. S, 


Snow, quoono; gu'no, H.; Len. 
guhn ; N. J. uiina. 

Soft, patt-ah-ki-u ; Len. w'tacku; 
N. J. taakke. 

Son, nucks-guah (my) ; Len. quis- 
sall (his). 

Sorry, dah-qua-a-nee (I am sorry). 

Sour, tchee-ee-wun; Len. schwon. 

Speak, to, ne kitt-o-was); N. J. gi- 
kiitu. 

Spear, ne poikee-hek (see “Arrow¬ 
head ”). 

Soul, tsee-e-p; Len. tschipey. 

Spring, the, see-qui no ; Len. siquon; 
N. J. sick-quim. 

Spring, a, moo-nip-pque (nip, 
water). 

Squirrel, mowck-key; N. J. hou- 
neek. 

Squirrel, flying, ahlsappaneques; 
ground squirrel, muck quis&ah. 

Stand, to, dogh-kinch; Len. pach- 
sucquin. 

Star, poomolasuque; Pot. pumma- 
hump. 

Stone, a, kamcup (see “ Rock ”). 

Straight, lemal-tali -quot. 

Strike, to, ne pack-come; Len. po- 
pachgan-damen, to strike dead. 

Strong, miss-ki-u; Cree maska- 
wisiu. 

Summer, mashaquapau-u; mech- 
schak wapan, H. (= the great or 
long light). 

Sun, ah-quak; aquequaque ; aeque- 
chkkq, H.; Len. gischucli; N. J. 
kiisku. 

Sweet, wee-ing-on; Len. wingan. 

Sweat, nip-oo-kiss. 

There, ennuk, H. 

Thick, kee-puck an; Len. cubbach- 
can. 

Thigh, hunts-sunque. 

Thin, ah-shee-penz-o ; Len. w'schab- 
ban. 


This, that, you-kan-nah; Len. 
nanni. 

Thou, kee ; Len. ki. 

Thunder, awah!-shuck; Len. ped- 
hakquon, it thunders; 1ST. J. 
patihaakun. 

Tobacco, oh'pucque ; 1ST. Eng. puck. 
To-day, ewapaicgup. 

Toe, nicks-see-equanumps (my) 
(= my foot, iks it). 

To-morrow, allappahwee. 

Tongue, neeannow-ah! (my) ; Len. 
w’ilano (his). 

Tooth, neeput-tumps (my) ; Len. 

w'ipit (his) ; N. J. uipiitil. 

Tree, petuicque; pauk, H. ; Chip. 
pak. 

Truth, ko-o-lam; Len. leke, true ; 
wulam, true. 

Turkey, pahlquun; Len. bloeu; 

N. J. tschikuuna. 

Turkey-buzzard, moh waas. 

Ugly, matt-it (= bad). 

Valley, qualliquawkimuck; pech- 
sechkamikat, JET.; Len. pachsajeek. 
Vine, a, mallaw cominamintz. 

Viper, apo-tass-sees-a. 

Walnut-tree, ah!sin-ni-mintz (from 
assin, stone). 

Walk, to, n-gutt-o-was. 

War, matt-ah-kass on; Len. mach- 
tageen. 

Warrior, matt-ah-ki-ween (see 

“War”)- 

Water, nip ; Len. m’bi; N. J. bee ; 
Alg. nipi. 

Wet, kiss-ep pai-u ; Len. niskptu. 
Whistle, to, ne queezkso-uh-quitt-um; 

Len. ni quischktoonheen. 

White, waap-pay-u ; Len. woapsu ; 

N. J. opeek. 

Whore, amattz-e-no. 

Wild-cat, laa !waa Iquepuss ; N. 
Eng. pussow. 


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[Brin ton. 


1893.] 


Wild goo9e, qua-hcuo-quunt. 
Winding, apaas suc-tucqut. 

Winter , pooponu ; iluppoon, H.; C. 

pipon ; N. Eng. popon. 

Wife, nee-eeswah ! (lit. “my wo¬ 
man ”). 

Wise, wee-sauce. 

Woman, acquahique; aquahoag , 
H ; Len. ocliqueu. 

Wood, meeh-shiz; michsez, H; 
Len. minschi ; Pot. musses. 


Woods, pamp tuck-koisk ; Len. 
tekene ; Sli. teikou. 


Year, a, nuquolacutquomai (see 
“ Month ”). 

Yes, a-amch! 

Yesterday, liolacquow. 

Yellow, wee-sa-way-u; Len. wisa- 
weu. 

You, kee (= thou). 

Young, laimaisu (see “Small ’). 


1 , 

nukquit, 

18, 

alitz-wah. 

2, 

na-eez, 

19, 

ahtz-passa ,, conque. 

3, 

nis ( wliu ), 

20, 

nee-es-mittah. 

4, 

yaguh ( whu ), 

21, 

neequa-nichquit. 

5, 

nup-pai-a , 

30, 

su-pooks-kay. 

6, 

noquttah, 

40, 

yow-pookay. 

7, 

my-yay-wah, 

50, 

nuppay e poosquah. 

8, 

tzali, 

60, 

nequttali-e poosquah. 

9, 

passa-conque , 

70, 

may-ahwa-e poosquah. 

10, 

millah ! 

80, 

tzaw-e poosquah. 

11, 

ahltzickquit. 

90, 

passaconque-e poosquah. 

12, 

ahtz-naeez. 

100, 

weemba kissana. 

13, 

ahtz-whus. 

200, 

neesa kissana. 

14, 

ahtz-yough 

300, 

nuisswa kissana. 

15, 

ahtzup-pay-ah. 

400, 

you-wah!kissana. 

16, 

ahtzaquutah. 

500, 

nuppaia tashakissana. 

17, 

ahtz mayaway. 

1000, 

muttah-taska kissana. 


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